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In 1978, the [[United Nations]] established the Unit for South–South Cooperation to promote South–South trade and collaboration within its agencies.<ref name="undp">{{cite web|url=http://ssc.undp.org/|title=United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation|publisher=ssc.undp.org|accessdate=18 January 2014}}</ref>
However, the idea of South–South cooperation only started to influence the field of development in the late 1990s.<ref name="opendemocracy">{{cite web|url=http://www.opendemocracy.net/|title=openDemocracy|publisher=opendemocracy.net|accessdate=18 January 2014}}</ref> Due to the [[geographical spectrum]], activities are known as [[South America-Africa]] (ASA) cooperation{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} as well as, in the Asia-Pacific region, South–South cooperation.<ref>Shikha Jha and Peter McCawley, ''[http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/29073/economics-wp270.pdf South-South Economic Linkages: An Overview]'', [[Asian Development Bank|ADB]] Economics Working Paper Series, No 270, August 2011.</ref>
The ASA cooperation has so far held two summits. The first summit was held in [[Abuja, Nigeria]], in 2006 where 53 delegates from [[Africa]] and 12 from [[South America]] attended. The second and most recent one was held on the [[Margarita Island]] in [[Venezuela]] in Sept 2009 where 49 heads of states from Africa and 12 heads of states from South America attended.<ref>[http://www.southafrica.info/news/international/southsouth-280909.htm Africa, South America strengthen ties<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="pravda">{{cite web|url=http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/01-12-2006/85748-summitlatinamericaafrica-0|title=First Africa-South America Summit - English pravda.ru|publisher=english.pravda.ru|accessdate=18 January 2014}}</ref>
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